American Rust

PHILIPP MEYER grew up in Baltimore, dropped out of high school, and got his GED when he was sixteen. After spending several years volunteering at a trauma center in downtown Baltimore, he eventually got into Cornell University where he studied English. Since graduating from Cornell, Meyer has worked as a derivatives trader at UBS, a construction worker, and an EMT, among other jobs. Meyer’s writing has been published in McSweeney’s, The Iowa Review, Salon.com, and New Stories from the South. From 2005 to 2008 he was a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas.

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Copyright © 2009 by Philipp Meyer

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Meyer, Philipp, 1974-

American rust / Philipp Meyer. —1st ed.

p. cm.

1. Fayette County (Pa.)—Fiction. 2. Murder—Fiction. I. Title. PS3613.E976A84 2008 813’.6—dc22 2008022461

eISBN: 978-0-385-52968-6

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